Where does “significantly” come from?
Significantly comes from English significant, derived from Latin significare meaning to signify or make known, from Latin facio meaning to make or do, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
significantly (English): In a significant manner or to a significant...
Definitions
- In a significant manner or to a significant...
Ancestry of “significantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 2 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 3 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 4 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 5 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |